THE NEW CORN BILL.

A BILL TO AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO THE LMTORTATION OT CORN. [Note.—The figures arranged at the end of the lines, and the words printed in liatird are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.]

Whereas an act was passed in the session of Parliament held in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled an "Act to amend the Laws for the Importation of Corn ": And whereas it is expedient that the duties now payable upon the importation and entry for home consumption in the United Kingdom and in the Isle of Man respectively, of corn, grain, meal, and flour, should be altered, and that the act herembefore recited should be amended as hereinafter is expressed;

Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this act, in lieu of the duties now payable upon the entry for home consumption in the United Kingdom, and upon the importation into the Isle of Man, of corn, grain, meal, and flour, there shall be levied and paid unto her Majesty, her heirs and successors, on all corn grain, meal, and flour already or hereafter to be imported into the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man from parts beyond the seas, and entered for home consumption, after the passing of thts act, the duties set forth in the schedule to this net annexed, until the first day of February which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine and on, from and after the said first day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, the following duties, namely,

Upon all wheat, barley, bear, or bigg, oats, rye, peas, and beans, for every quarter, one shilling; and so in proportion for a less quantity. Upon all Wheat-meal and flour, Upon all Rye-meal and flour, Barley-meal, Pea-meal, and Oat-meal, Bean-meal,

for every hundredweight foopence-halfpenny ; and so in proportion fir a las quantity.

And be it enacted, that the several duties hereby imposed and leviable in the United Kingdom, shall be levied, collected, paid, and applied, in such and the same manner in all respects as that in which the duties imposed by an act passed in the session of Parliament held in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for granting Duties of Customs," are directed to be levied, collected, paid, and applied.

And be it enacted, that the several duties hereby imposed and leviable in the Isle of Man, shall be levied, collected, paid, and applied, in such and the same manner in all respects as that in which the duties imposed by an act passed in the session of Parliament held in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Trade with the Isle of

n " are directed to be levied, collected, paid, and applied. And be it enacted, that the average prices, both weekly and aggregate, of all British corn, shall continue to be me up, computed, and published, and the cer- tificates of the aggregate average prices shall continue to be transmitted at the times and in the manner required by the said hereinbefore recited act for amending the laws for the importation of corn; and the rate and amount of the duties set forth in the schedule to this act shall be regulated and governed ac- cording to the scale in the said schedule contained, by the aggregate average prices so to be made up, computed, published, and transmitted, in the same manner as the rate and amount of the duties imposed by the said hereinbefore recited act are by that act directed to be regulated and governed; and at each of the several ports in the United Kingdom and in the Isle of Man, the aggre- gate average prices, the certificate of which shall have been last received pre- viously to the passing of this act by the collector or other chief officer of Cus- tonis at such port as by the said hereinbefore recited act is directed, shall be taken to be the aggregate average price by which the duties hereby imposed shall he governed and regulated at such port, until the certificate of some other aggre- gate average price shall have been received by the collector or other chief officer of Customs at such port. And be it enacted, that so much of the said act hereinbefore recited as prohi- bits the importation into the United Kingdom for consumption there of any corn ground, shall be repealed. And be it enacted, that this act may be amended or repealed by any act to be passed in the present session of Parliament Schedule to which this act refers.

If Imported from any foreign country-

Wan:v.—Whenever the average price of wheat, made up and published in the manner

sequired by law, shall be, for every quarter— a. d.

_Bader 48s., the duty shall be, a. d.

ter every quarter 10 0

I 50s. and under 51s

I 51s. and under 52s 7 0 6 0 48s. and under 49s. 9 0 I 52s. and under 53s. 5 0 49:. and under 50s. 8 0 I 53s. and upwards 4 0

13ARLET, BEAR, or Broo.—Whenever the average price of barley, made up and pub-

lished in the manner required by law, shall be, for every quarter— s. d.

Under 261., the duty shall be, for every quarter

s. d.

5 0 28s. and under 29s 29s. and under 30s 3 6 3 0 26s. and under 27s. 4 6 30s. and under 31$ 2 6 27s. and under 28s. 4 0 31s. and upwards 2 0

°AM.—Whenever the average price of oats, made up and published in the manner re- quired by law, shall be, for every quarter—

Under 18s., the duty shall be, S. d.

s. d.

for every quarter

4 0 20s. and under 21s. 2 6 18.. and under 19s. 3 6 21s. and under 22s 2 0 19s. and under 20s. 3 0

22a. and upwards

1 6

am, Pass, AND BEANS.---For every quarte — A duty equal In amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley.

WHEAT-MEAL AND FLOCR.—For every barrel, being 196 pounds—

A duty equal in amount to the duty payable on 381 gallons of wheat.

B1RLET-MEAL.—For every quantity of 217/ pounds—

A duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley.

OAT-WEAL AND GROATS. —For every quantity of 1811 pounds—

A duty equal In amount to the duty payable on a quarter of oats.

EYE-mwa. AND Fnova.—For every barrel, being 196 pounds— A duty equal In amount to the duty payable upon 90 gallons of rye.

PEA-MEAL AND BEAN-MEAL.—For every quantity of 272 pounds—

A duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of peas or beans.

If the produce of and imported from any British possession out of Europe— Wheat, barley, bear or bigg, oats, rye, peas, and beans, the duty shall be s. d.

for every quarter I 0 Wheat-meal, barley-meal, oat-meal, rye-meal, pea-meal, and beau-meal, She duty shall be for every hundredweight 0 41